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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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